Dedicated efforts made to save miners By ZHAO RUIXUE in Qixia, Shandong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-21 07:06 Share CLOSE Rescue work continues at the Hushan gold mine in Qixia, Shandong province, where 22 miners have been trapped underground since Jan 10. WANG KAI/XINHUA
Rescuers tell of the challenges faced
For a time on Sunday, noisy machinery operating at a gold mine rescue site in Shandong province fell silent.
After drilling a hole to a depth of more than 500 meters, workers paused to listen for any sounds coming from below ground.
The Hushan gold mine in the city of Qixia was rocked by an explosion on Jan 10 that left 22 workers trapped below the surface and damaged a communications system. As a result, rescuers were initially unable to establish whether the miners were still alive.
For ten days, Chinese officials have been scrambling to save 22 workers trapped 600 metres underground in a gold mine. That's according to state media who said the trapped miners received more medical supplies, porridge and blankets on Tuesday, but one person is in a critical condition with a severe head injury. The workers became trapped in the Hushan mine, in northern China's Shandong province, after an explosion on January 10. A week later, it emerged that at least 12 of them were still alive, thanks to a note retrieved from the mine that read: "We hope the rescue won't stop." Working around the clock, a drilled channel helped locate 11 of the miners on Sunday, and rescuers were able to speak to them via a waterproof phone. Then on Monday evening the miners made a small request of sausages and pickles, but medical experts decided they should not eat hard food having only just regained their strength, reported Xinhua news. It added that two workers who had
Rescue teams on Wednesday drilled new holes down a gold mine in China's Shandong province, searching for more survivors after an explosion 10 days ago and preparing an escape passage for a group known to still be alive, state media reported. A total of 22 workers were trapped underground in the Hushan gold mine on the outskirts of Yantai, on China's eastern coast, following the Jan. 10. Rescuers have managed to deliver supplies to 11 workers.
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